Which of the following memorandums directs the Departments and Agencies to post clear privacy policies on World Wide Web sites, and provides guidance for doing it?

Question

Options

• AOMB M-99-18
• BOMB M-00-13
• COMB M-03-19
• DOMB M-00-07

• A
  94% (59)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

OMB M-99-18, issued in June 1999, is the foundational memorandum that specifically directed federal departments and agencies to post clear privacy policies on their World Wide Web sites and provided implementation guidance - making it the correct answer.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• OMB M-00-13 is a follow-on memo (June 2000) that expanded on web privacy by addressing cookie use and data collection - it built on M-99-18 rather than being the original directive.
• OMB M-03-19 deals with FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) reporting requirements, not web privacy policies.
• OMB M-00-07 relates to IT security investment and budgeting, not website privacy notices.

Memory tip: The "99" in M-99-18 anchors it to 1999 - the era when government websites were rapidly proliferating and federal privacy policy transparency first became a formal requirement. Think "'99 is when privacy went online." The later memos (M-00-13, etc.) refined the rules, but M-99-18 started them.

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